Mailman 3 August 2001 - Mailman-Users

Re: [Mailman-Users] bad lag?
by J C Lawrence Aug. 2, 2001

Aug. 2, 2001

On Thu, 02 Aug 2001 10:54:23 -0700 Drew Krause <drkrause(a)mindspring.com> wrote: > Our list is large (about 650 members) and there's quite a lag from > posting to receipt -- 90 minutes in some cases. Are there any ways > we can tune this? Running with mailman 2.0.6 with sendmail on > Redhat 7. Odds are you have your MTA configured to do DNS lookup verifications of message envelopes. This can and will chew significant time. It will chew even more time if you don't have a … [View More]

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MX lookup failures blocking queue
by William R. Dickson Aug. 2, 2001

Aug. 2, 2001

Hi all, There seems to be a little DNS weirdness going on today -- a couple domains used by subscribers to my list can't be looked up. Their local nameservers are timing out, so mailman is logging errors like so: Can not check MX records for recipient host Now, it's understandable that this would prevent delivery to the individual subscriber, but it seems to have blocked up the list entirely -- messages have been piling up in the queue since yesterday. My other lists are still working … [View More]

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Fwd: Re: [Mailman-Users] pls HELP!!!
by Oliver Egginger Aug. 2, 2001

Aug. 2, 2001

Hi, I belief that this message doesn't mean thats there is a bug in mailman; it's an information for end-users; it was irritating me too, when I was setting up mailman. There is something wrong with your mailman-installation; I suppose - that it have something to do with the access-rights of some files (config.db maybe); but upgrading to a recent version is nevertheless a good idea. :-) regards Oliver Message from Wed 01 August 2001 18:47: > On 01 August 2001, Rimas said: > > … [View More]

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Failed to access config info
by Christian Billette Aug. 2, 2001

Aug. 2, 2001

Somebody know what it's mean. Subjet:Cron <mailman@rex> /usr/bin/python /var/lib/mailman/cron/gate_news Traceback (innermost last): File "/var/lib/mailman/cron/gate_news", line 119, in ? main() File "/var/lib/mailman/cron/gate_news", line 58, in main mlist = MailList.MailList(name, lock=0) File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 62, in __init__ self.Load() File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 810, in Load raise Errors.MMBadListError, '… [View More]

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Looping problem...
by TJ Snider Aug. 1, 2001

Aug. 1, 2001

I just ended up with a nasty loop... just when starting up a list. To reproduce: Use Mailman 2.0.5. Turn on the anonymous_list option, so mail seems to come from the list. Have someone on the list have a vacation notice setup. The notice loops... in this case up to 600 times, overnight, before I caught it. Is there any way of maintaining the anonymous_list feature without the looping? I've turned the anonymous_list feature off, but if it can't handle vacation notices, what's the use? TJ

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Re: [Mailman-Users] modules relationship
by J C Lawrence Aug. 1, 2001

Aug. 1, 2001

On Wed, 1 Aug 2001 15:51:20 +0100 Yanuar Nugroho <y.nugroho(a)student.umist.ac.uk> wrote: > If I would like to know how the modules are interrelated each > other, along with their functionalities in Mailman, what > documentation should I consult? The source? -- J C Lawrence )\._.,--....,'``. ---------(*) /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. claw(a)kanga.nu `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.' … [View More]

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monthly reminders
by Rick Pasotto Aug. 1, 2001

Aug. 1, 2001

When I was running mailman 1.x (debian) I had users who complained about getting two reminders so I commented out the line in root's crontab, leaving the one in /etc/cron.monthly/mailman. Late last June I upgraded to the debian testing version of mailman and now I'm not getting any reminders sent out at all. What do I need to change now? BTW, is this in someway related to all the syslog entries like the following? Is it possible (wise) to stop them? Aug 1 17:10:01 tc /USR/SBIN/CRON[12444]: … [View More]

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some users moderated?
by Drew Krause Aug. 1, 2001

Aug. 1, 2001

On our test list we've encountered a strange phenomenon: *some* subscribers who post from the same domain as the list are having their posts submitted for approval, but they receive everyone else's mail. Other local subscribers (and everyone offsite) seem to get through fine -- the list isn't moderated. Any ideas why this would happen? Mailman 2.0.6 with Sendmail on Linux (Redhat). Thanks! All help appreciated! Drew Krause

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what DB format is config.db?
by barry＠zope.com Aug. 1, 2001

Aug. 1, 2001

Just to clarify what Dan Mick says in http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-users/2001-July/013139.html config.db and in fact all .db files Mailman writes, are technically marshals containg one Python object, a dictionary. Python has a low-level object serialization protocol called "marshal", and a module that implements this. Marshals are a way to serialize basic objects such as integers, floats, strings, lists, tuples, and dictionaries. There is a higher level protocol called "pickle" (… [View More]

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Re: email lists [Z4W4S7O]
by dcoonley Aug. 1, 2001

Aug. 1, 2001

I just wanted to re-state what Mark, my client sent you, for Mailman support contact to come into the discussion. I am wondering if, with both your expertise on this we can find some sort of solution for my client. Perhaps a file import or integration with Outlook can be accomplished to provide a degree of solution to his problem. (Background for Mailmain support contact and see email history with Pair support below my signature text.) I have a client that uses the Outlook categories function … [View More]and has only a couple of categories with no more than 200 names in them that he regularly communicates with. Starting Aug. 8, Verizon, his provider, will not let him use their mail server to send mail with a non-Verizon domain in the sending email address -- he wants to use his Web address in his email for business purposes (mark(a)softwarefinace.org instead of mark(a)verizon.com). Is there anyway Pair's Pair's mailing list service (using Mailman 2.0) can permit him to maintain/edit/expand only the one list in Outlook and use that list to send his mail through the Pair's mailing list service server? Can he somehow perhaps integrate Mailman 2.0 with his Outlook software, or import a file of his Outlook-based email lists? The issue here is some way around manually typing in a new list for something he already maintains in Outlook. A way to import the email list file and then the periodic import of new files to overwrite the old may be acceptable. (Certainly easier than typing by hand.) Any you already know, any help or quick action on this would be greatly appreciated. He has an upcoming deadline of August 7. Thank you --Dan ____________________ Dan Coonley President DJC Group Communications for Print and Electronic Media Phone: 301-585-1933 Fax: 301-585-1933 154 Fleetwood Terrace Silver Spring, MD 20910-5511 http://www.djcgroup.com support(a)pair.com wrote: > > Hello Mr. Coonley, > > I'm sorry for the delay. At this time, there isn't anything that we can > offer you beyond the usage of our pairList service. You can find out more > about this service by visiting here: > > http://www.pair.com/pair/pairlist/ > > If you should decide that you want to sign up for this service, please go > here: > > http://www.pair.com/pair/pairlist/signup.html > > Should you have any more questions, please feel free to contact us. > > Brian > > > I wanted to follow-up with this email. Can you please make me current > > on this issue and tell me the outcome of this request to date. > > > > Thank you, > > > > Dan Coonley > > (reseller of www.softwarefinance.org) > > ____________________ > > Dan Coonley > > President > > DJC Group > > Communications for Print and Electronic Media > > > > Phone: 301-585-1933 > > Fax: 301-585-1933 > > 154 Fleetwood Terrace > > Silver Spring, MD 20910-5511 > > http://www.djcgroup.com > > > > > > Mark Nebergall wrote: > > > > > > Currently, I send my email using the smtp server at Verizon because > > your > > > outgoing mail server limits the number of recipients I can mail to. > > > Starting Aug. 8, Verizon will not let me use its server to send mail > > with a > > > non-Verizon domain in the sending email address. I do not want to use > > an > > > email list service because I do not want the hassle of maintaining more > > than > > > one list, I use the Outlook categories function. I have a couple of > > > categories with no more than 200 names in them that I regularly > > communicate > > > with. Is there anyway you can permit me to send my mail through your > > server > > > and expand the number of recipients I can send to? (Frankly, your > > server is > > > more reliable than Verizon) My username is SFEC 274 and my password is > > > BlowFish82. > > > > > > Mark Nebergall > > > President > > > Software Finance and Tax Executives Council > > > 1150 17th Street, NW Suite 601 > > > Washington, DC 20036 > > > mnebergall(a)softwarefinance.org > > > Phone: (202) 331-9533 > > > Mobile: (202) 486-3725 > > > eFax: (425) 732-9206 -- [View Less]

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